Shakespeare coined the phrase ‘hoist with his own petard’. What is a petard?
A window
Underwear
A bomb
Shoelaces
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Cheers actor George Wendt died on May 20. In which city was the famous sitcom set?
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
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By what name is singer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor better known?
Rihanna
Lorde
Lady Gaga
Lizzo
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Which Liberal Party candidate went head to head with Nicolette Boele in Bradfield in the 2025 federal election?
Amelia Hamer
Gisele Kapterian
Michael Sukkar
Keith Wolahan
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Bassist Nikki Sixx has played with which famous rock band since 1981?
Mötley Crüe
Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
Def Leppard
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Which band had a hit with Poison Ivy in 1959?
The Coasters
The Cadillacs
Four Tops
The Drifters
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How many countries begin with Q?
One
Three
Twelve
Five
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Simon & Garfunkel sang about which architect on their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water?
Frank Lloyd Wright
Zaha Hadid
Frank Gehry
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Laurel Canyon is a neighbourhood in which US city?
Seattle
Phoenix
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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What was the original name of the city of Melbourne?
Swanston
Batmania
Port Phillip
New Melbourne
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Which movie was awarded the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Maestro
Barbie
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Which artist was a pioneer of the ‘drip technique’ in abstract expressionism?
Mark Rothko
Willem de Kooning
Franz Kline
Jackson Pollock
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In Japanese Noh theatre, what is the primary role of the ‘shite’?
Narrator
Main protagonist
Chorus leader
Comic relief
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Which director is known for the long, single-take shots in films such as Children of Men and Gravity?
Alfonso Cuarón
Paul Thomas Anderson
Denis Villeneuve
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Which Chinese dynasty was overthrown during the 1911 Xinhai Revolution?
Qing
Song
Ming
Yuan
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Which Australian Prime Minister was known for the slogan ‘It’s Time’?
Gough Whitlam
Bob Hawke
Paul Keating
Malcolm Fraser
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What was the real name of Che Guevara?
Julio
Alberto
Carlos
Ernesto
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Which historical figure was known as 'The Desert Fox'?
George S. Patton
Erwin Rommel
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Montgomery
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Who starred alongside Bruce Willis in the 1985 detective agency comedy Moonlighting?
Cybill Shepherd
Annette Bening
Jodie Foster
Christine Baranski
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The House of Habsburg ruled over much of Europe for centuries. Which modern country was its primary seat of power?
Germany
Hungary
Austria
France
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